
<table style="text-align:center"><caption><strong>Over-time changes in trust in the EP (weighted mean and variance)</strong></caption>
<tr><td colspan="5" style="border-bottom: 1px solid black"></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:left"></td><td colspan="4">Outcome: Trust in the EP</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align:left"></td><td colspan="2">Mean</td><td colspan="2">Variance</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align:left"></td><td>M15</td><td>M16</td><td>M17</td><td>M18</td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="5" style="border-bottom: 1px solid black"></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:left">Year (0-18)</td><td>-0.01<sup>*</sup></td><td>-0.01</td><td>0.03<sup>***</sup></td><td>0.03<sup>***</sup></td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align:left"></td><td>(0.01)</td><td>(0.01)</td><td>(0.01)</td><td>(0.01)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align:left">Periphery (0,1)</td><td></td><td>1.39<sup>***</sup></td><td></td><td>-0.46</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align:left"></td><td></td><td>(0.28)</td><td></td><td>(0.36)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align:left">Year x Periphery</td><td></td><td>-0.04<sup>**</sup></td><td></td><td>0.01</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align:left"></td><td></td><td>(0.01)</td><td></td><td>(0.02)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align:left">Constant</td><td>4.19<sup>***</sup></td><td>4.12<sup>***</sup></td><td>6.28<sup>***</sup></td><td>6.30<sup>***</sup></td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align:left"></td><td>(0.18)</td><td>(0.18)</td><td>(0.23)</td><td>(0.23)</td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="5" style="border-bottom: 1px solid black"></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:left">Observations</td><td>193</td><td>193</td><td>193</td><td>193</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align:left">R<sup>2</sup></td><td>0.50</td><td>0.52</td><td>0.76</td><td>0.76</td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="5" style="border-bottom: 1px solid black"></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:left"><em>Note:</em></td><td colspan="4" style="text-align:right"><sup>*</sup>p<0.05; <sup>**</sup>p<0.01; <sup>***</sup>p<0.001</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align:left"></td><td colspan="4" style="text-align:right">Data: European Social Survey, 2002-2020.</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align:left"></td><td colspan="4" style="text-align:right">The models include country fixed-effects.</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align:left"></td><td colspan="4" style="text-align:right">Time variable rescaled so that year '2002' corresponds to value '0'.</td></tr>
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